Improvement in corn-planters



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RICHARD B. CORSON AND vHENRY CORSON, OF HENRY COUNTY,

. MISSOURI.

ALetters Patent No. 110,207, dated December 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lhl CORN-PLANTERS The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatent and making part of the lame.

- We, RICHARD B. CoRsoN and HENRY ConsoN, of Henry County, State ofMissouri, have invented cer tain Improvements in Corn-Planters, ofwhichthe following is a specification.

` Nature and Object of the'lnvent'ion..

Our inrention relates to an improvement in cornplanters lby which cornmay be planted without previously. marking the ground, and consists inthe arrangement of parts hereinafter described.

' Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure l is a plan of the machine.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the machine.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the droppingr arrangement.

General Description.

A is the frame of theymachine.

C is an axlepassing through the wheel E and snpporting said frame.

P is a frame, which is pivoted to the frame A by two bolts or pins, O O.

The frame lP is supported by the wheels and axle H H. v

V is the drive1"s seat.

B and-B are the feed-boxes. A

NV and lV are the feed-wheels, which are fastened to the ends of theaxle C.

Xis a scraper, for the purpose of removing the dirt from the wheel E. i

N and N are two bars 0f metal, fastened at right angles t-o the`periphery of the wheel E,lwhose oflce is to show where the cornV isdeposited in the ground by the marks they leave in the soil.

K is a guard or scraper for the purpose of smoothing the ground andremoving the clods before the wheel E.

- S S are shoes that make the furrow where the corn is deposited, andare movable along the Shanks R for the purpose of regulating the depthof the grain.'

H is a wheel, whose periphery is concave, and follows the shoe S for thepurpose of smoothing the ground and covering the corn completely.

I is the tongue by which the machine is drawn.

In iig. 3- f A isa portion ofk the frame.

B is a portion of the feed-box.

W is a sectional View of the feed-wheel as attached to the axle C.

2 is a key fastening the wheel W to the shaft C.

3 3 are the two feed-holes.

l l are two screws, which are used for regulating the feed.,

5 isa strip of met-al, which is pressed against the wheel W bythe spring4 for the purpose ot' preventing the escape of more corn than is sncieutto till the holes 3 3.

Claim.

The feed-boxes B 15,-feed-whecls IV W, Shanks R R, sliding shoes S S,wheels H H, frame P, Scrapers K and X, and the wheel E, havingmetal'bals N N, said parts being arranged relatively one to the otherand to the frame A, in the manner described, for lthe pur-v posehereinbefore specified.

RICHARD B. CORSON. HENRY CORSON.

Witnesses:

H. MARTIN WILLIAMS, LUTHER WAGONER.

